The Tasks We Dread
To paraphrase a familiar adage, “A writer’s gotta do what a writer’s gotta do.” So I’m doing it. Because it has to be done sometime. No...
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Dennis L. Peterson
- Dec 6, 2019
- 4 min
Anticipation
I remember hearing my Nannie Summers comment that time flew faster and faster as one got older. I never understood that as a child. It...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Nov 22, 2019
- 2 min
Thanksgiving Thoughts
I’m thankful that I live in a country that affords me great freedoms, of expression, of worship, of opportunities to better myself, and...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Nov 15, 2019
- 2 min
“Little” Errors in Writing Are Potential Problems
That said, I was reading for pleasure a few nights ago (an historical novel, no less!) when my editorial alarm went off like an air-raid...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Nov 8, 2019
- 2 min
The Fourth Quarter: A Review
Mathis, Jim. The Fourth Quarter (Overland Park, Kan.: Mathis Books, 2018). Paper, 102 pages. Available https://jim-mathis-writerjimmathis...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Nov 1, 2019
- 3 min
Expectations
Don’t you just hate it when you buy (or buy into) something that has been highly touted but once you get it doesn’t meet your...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Oct 25, 2019
- 3 min
A New Appreciation
Often, we cannot truly appreciate someone or what they have experienced or done until we’ve walked the proverbial mile in their shoes. In...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Oct 18, 2019
- 3 min
Writing Lessons, Courtesy DMV
To fully appreciate what I’m saying, one must understand the backstory, realizing the change that took place in DMV over the years....
Dennis L. Peterson
- Oct 11, 2019
- 3 min
Books Given and Received
Readers of this blog know by now that I’m a bibliophile, I love books and reading them. Granted, I’m selective in what I read, but within...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Oct 4, 2019
- 3 min
Two Adages and Your Writing
“Write what you know.” “Your writing becomes like what you read.” Since I began writing for publication back in the late 1970s/early...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Sep 25, 2019
- 3 min
Positive Presentations–and a Pet Peeve
I suspect, however, that for many attendees a better name might be Ignite2Write, because they often leave the conference inspired to...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Sep 20, 2019
- 2 min
Beyond My Comfort Zone
I’ll soon be leaving the safety and security of my writer’s cocoon and venturing well beyond my comfort zone. And for an introvert like...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min
Learning More from Louis L’Amour
I finished reading Louis L’Amour’s memoir Education of a Wandering Man last week in the spare moments when I wasn’t writing or doing...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Aug 23, 2019
- 3 min
Life Lessons from Louis L’Amour
As readers of this blog already know, I tend to prefer reading nonfiction over fiction. But they also know that I’m trying to break out...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Aug 16, 2019
- 3 min
New School Year Revives Memories
It’s school time again. You can’t avoid knowing that fact because of all the Walmart aisles crowded with school supplies for sale. (I...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Aug 6, 2019
- 2 min
Travane: A Review
Beyond the fact that it was a work of fiction, which I seldom read (but have been trying to open myself to more often), it had a...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Jul 19, 2019
- 3 min
Taking Time While There Is Time
For fifteen years, we had sped past the place just off I-95 in Pooler, Georgia. Every time we had driven to visit my in-laws in Florida...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Jul 12, 2019
- 4 min
Our Persistent Peach Puzzle
When my wife and I moved to our current residence, one of the first things that went on our “we-want-to-do-this-to-the-property-some-day”...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Jul 5, 2019
- 3 min
From Bunk to Benefit
“We want to live in the present,” he said, “and the only history that is worth [anything] is the history we make today.” Sadly, that...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Jun 28, 2019
- 3 min
Doing It Right
I was impressed the minute the man got out of his truck. My appreciation for him grew by the minute. When the installer arrived, two...
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